Biography of Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg 1577-1653
Paternal Family Tree: Belasyse
In or before 1572 [his father] Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet (age 16) and [his mother] Ursula Fairfax were married.
In 1577 Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg was born to Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet (age 21) and Ursula Fairfax.
Around 1592 Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg (age 15) educated Jesus College, Cambridge University.
Before 1604 Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg (age 27) and Barbara Cholmley Viscountess Faunconberg (age 28) were married. They were half fourth cousins.
In 1604 [his son] Henry Belasyse was born to Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg (age 27) and [his wife] Barbara Cholmley Viscountess Faunconberg (age 29).
On or before 11 Apr 1606, the date she wa baptised, [his daughter] Mary Belasyse Baroness Darcy was born to Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg (age 29) and [his wife] Barbara Cholmley Viscountess Faunconberg (age 31).
In or before 1609 [his daughter] Margaret Belasyse was born to Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg (age 31) and [his wife] Barbara Cholmley Viscountess Faunconberg (age 33).
In 1610 [his daughter] Barbara Belasyse was born to Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg (age 33) and [his wife] Barbara Cholmley Viscountess Faunconberg (age 35).
On 22 May 1611 the first Baronets were created by James I (age 44)
Walter Aston 1st Baronet (age 27) was created 1st Baronet Aston of Tixall.
Nicolas Bacon (age 71) was created 1st Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk. The Premier Baronet being the first creation.
[his father] Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet (age 55) was created 1st Baronet Belasyse of Newborough.
George Booth (age 54) was created 1st Baronet Booth of Dunham Massey. Katherine Anderson Lady Dunham Massey (age 43) by marriage Lady Booth of Dunham Massey.
Edward Carr (age 68) was created 1st Baronet Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire. Anne Dyer Lady Carr by marriage Lady Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.
Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 23) was created 1st Baronet Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.
Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 61) was created 1st Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent. Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 54) by marriage Lady Finch of Eastwell in Kent.
Thomas Gerard 1st Baronet (age 51) was created 1st Baronet Gerard of Bryn in Lancashire.
Henry Hobart 1st Baronet (age 51) was created 1st Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. Dorothy Bell Lady Hobart by marriage Lady Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk.
Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet (age 40) was created 1st Baronet Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire.
Phillip Knyvet (age 41) was created 1st Baronet Knyvet of Buckenham in Norfolk.
Thomas Mansel 1st Baronet (age 55) was created 1st Baronet Mansel of Margam.
Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet (age 71) was created 1st Baronet Pelham of Laughton. Mary Walsingham Baroness Pelham Laughton (age 47) by marriage Lady Pelham of Laughton.
John Peyton 1st Baronet (age 50) was created 1st Baronet Peyton of Isleham.
George Savile 1st Baronet (age 61) was created 1st Baronet Savile of Thornhill.
John Shelley of Mitchelgrove 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Shelley of Mitchelgrove in Sussex.
George Shirley 1st Baronet (age 52) was created 1st Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. Dorothy Wroughton Lady Shirley (age 41) by marriage Lady Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire.
John St John (age 25) was created 1st Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.
John Stradling 1st Baronet (age 48) was created 1st Baronet Stradling of St Donats in Glamorganshire.
Thomas Temple 1st Baronet (age 44) was created 1st Baronet Temple of Stowe.
Lionel Tollemache 1st Baronet (age 48) was created 1st Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk.
On 24 Jun 1614 [his son] John Belasyse 1st Baron Belasyse was born to Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg (age 37) and [his wife] Barbara Cholmley Viscountess Faunconberg (age 39).
Around 1617 [his daughter] Ursula Belasyse was born to Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg (age 40) and [his wife] Barbara Cholmley Viscountess Faunconberg (age 42).
On 13 Oct 1618 [his son-in-law] Edward Osborne 1st Baronet (age 21) and [his daughter] Margaret Belasyse (age 9) were married.
On 28 Feb 1619 [his wife] Barbara Cholmley Viscountess Faunconberg (age 44) died.
On 16 Aug 1624 [his father] Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet (age 69) died. He was buried in St Saviour's Church, York. His son Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg (age 47) succeeded 2nd Baronet Belasyse of Newborough.
On 07 Nov 1624 [his son-in-law] John Darcy 3rd Baron Darcy Aston (age 52) and [his daughter] Mary Belasyse Baroness Darcy (age 18) were married. She by marriage Baroness Darcy of Aston. The difference in their ages was 34 years.
On 07 Nov 1624 [his daughter] Margaret Belasyse (age 15) died. Monument in the chancel of All Hallows' Church Harthill [Map]. Kneeler in recess facing right and flanked by columns and draped figures, open pediment with finials and arm bearers. Her arms impaled with those of her husband [his son-in-law] Edward Osborne 1st Baronet (age 27). Above those her arms Belasyse Arms.
Margaret Belasyse:
In or before 1609 she was born to Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg and Barbara Cholmley Viscountess Faunconberg.
On 13 Oct 1618 Edward Osborne 1st Baronet and she were married.
On 14 Sep 1625 [his daughter] Mary Belasyse Baroness Darcy (age 19) died.
In or before 1627 [his son] Henry Belasyse (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Grace Barton were married.
In 1631 [his son-in-law] Henry Slingsby 1st Baronet (age 28) and [his daughter] Barbara Belasyse (age 21) were married. They were third cousin once removed.
On 23 Sep 1631 [his former brother-in-law] Richard Cholmley (age 50) died at Whitby.
Around 08 Mar 1636 [his son-in-law] Walter Vavasour 2nd Baronet and [his daughter] Ursula Belasyse (age 19) were married. They were fourth cousins.
In 1637 [his son-in-law] Thomas Ingram (age 22) and [his daughter] Frances Belasyse were married.
On 08 Mar 1637 [his son] John Belasyse 1st Baron Belasyse (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Jane Boteler were married. The marriage had been clandestine for which he was fined £150 by the Court of High Commission.
In 1641 [his daughter] Barbara Belasyse (age 31) died.
On 31 Jan 1643 Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg (age 66) was created 1st Viscount Faunconberg. [his former wife] Barbara Cholmley Viscountess Faunconberg by marriage Viscountess Faunconberg.
On 27 Jan 1645 [his son] John Belasyse 1st Baron Belasyse (age 30) was created 1st Baron Belasyse of Worlaby in Lincolnshire by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 44). Anne Paulett Baroness Belasyse by marriage Baroness Belasyse of Worlaby in Lincolnshire.
On 20 May 1647 [his son] Henry Belasyse (age 43) died.
After 1653. Monument to Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg (age 76) and his wife [his former wife] Barbara Cholmley Viscountess Faunconberg on south wall of Chancel at St Michael's Church, Coxwold [Map]. Two kneeling figures in large aedicule with Corinthian columns.
Barbara Cholmley Viscountess Faunconberg:
Around 1575 she was born to Henry Cholmley and Margaret Babthorpe.
Before 1604 Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg and she were married. They were half fourth cousins.
On 28 Feb 1619 Barbara Cholmley Viscountess Faunconberg died.
On 31 Jan 1643 Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg was created 1st Viscount Faunconberg. She by marriage Viscountess Faunconberg.
On 18 Apr 1653 Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg (age 76) died. His grandson Thomas Belasyse 1st Earl Fauconberg (age 26) succeeded 2nd Viscount Faunconberg, 3rd Baronet Belasyse of Newborough.
Pepy's Diary. 09 Jan 1665. Thence to White Hall to a Tangier Committee, where I was accosted and most highly complimented by my [his son] Lord Bellasses (age 50)1, our new governor, beyond my expectation, or measure I could imagine he would have given any man, as if I were the only person of business that he intended to rely on, and desires my correspondence with him. This I was not only surprized at, but am well pleased with, and may make good use of it. Our patent is renewed, and he and my Lord Barkeley (age 63), and [his son-in-law] Sir Thomas Ingram (age 50) put in as commissioners. Here some business happened which may bring me some profit.
Note 1. John Belasyse (age 50), second son of Thomas, first Viscount Fauconberg, created Baron Belasyse of Worlaby, January 27th, 1644, Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and Governor of Hull. He was appointed Governor of Tangier, and Captain of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners. He was a Roman Catholic, and therefore was deprived of all his appointments in 1672 by the provisions of the Test Act, but in 1684 James II made him First Commissioner of the Treasury. He died 1689.
[his daughter] Frances Belasyse was born to Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg and Barbara Cholmley Viscountess Faunconberg.
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Great x 2 Grandfather: William Thomas Belasyse
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Bellasis 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Lancelot Threlkeld
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Threlkeld 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Bromflete 1st Baron Vesci
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Bromflete Baroness Clifford 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Holland Duchess York
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
GrandFather: William Bellasis of Newburgh Priory in Yorkshire 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Father: Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fairfax
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Fairfax 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Neville
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Fairfax 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Gascoigne XIII 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Gascoigne 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Gascoigne 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Percy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
GrandMother: Margaret Fairfax 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Palmes of Lindley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Palmes of Lindley 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Corbet 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy Palmes of Naburn 10 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen Hadnall of Lancelevy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Hadnall
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Palmes 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
GrandFather: Thomas Fairfax of Denton in Yorkshire
Mother: Ursula Fairfax